Deputy Director - Research at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director Research, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant  position in the wider public service; 
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Geomatics Engineering, Land Economics, Geospatial Information Systems, Geographical Information System, Environmental Planning and Management, Geospatial Engineering, Land Survey, Law (LLB) Land Administration, Geography, Photogrammetry, Urban and regional Planning, Computer Science/ICT, Software Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Membership to a relevant professional body (where applicable);
• Met the requirement of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya; and
• Demonstrated managerial and administrative capability and professional competence in work performance and results

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Initiating formulation, implementation and review of research and innovation policies, standards, strategies and guidelines;
• Overseeing the development of research proposals and programmes;
• Spearheading research on land matters;
• Promoting and facilitating leading edge research including collaborating interdepartmental research in areas related to lands;
• Coordinating the acquisition of intellectual property rights;
• Overseeing generation dissemination of research information on land matters in liaison with the technical directorates;
• Overseeing the management of resource information center for lands matters;
• Coordinating development, implementation and reviewing of knowledge management framework for the lands sector;
• Initiating monitoring of legislations and administrative acts relating to or impacting on the lands sectors and make appropriate recommendations;
• Spearheading capacity building and transfer of knowledge to the society through outreach and collaborative research on land matters;
• Coordinating the establishment of a nexus between the Ministry, partners and relevant stakeholders on research and innovation;
• Developing modalities for collaboration with external consultants and research institutions;
• Overseeing development of strategies to ensure quality control of products and service in the land sector;
• Spearheading local and international partnership to enrich research and innovation programmes; and
• Initiating research and benchmark studies on best practices in land matters